down the street

idiom

: some distance away on the same street
our neighbor down the street

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One officer came back later to apologize, after the team had successfully executed the raid at the correct home down the street. Christina Gatti, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025 When Ayyub was a child, a group of men gathered every morning for prayer and martial arts in a field down the street from her home. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Munn, 44, caught both slack and praise from social media followers after sharing a series of photos of her 3-year-old son, Malcolm, walking down the street in New York City without shoes. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, Bryanna Pescador is killed by a gunman on a motorcycle while walking down the street with her teenage daughter. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for down the street

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“Down the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20street. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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